ABSTRACT How do politicians learn what their voters want? This article explores how Indian politicians leverage different types of interlocutors in order to develop coherent perspectives of voter wants to support policy and strategy development. It then uses innovative archival data to demonstrate how access to different types of interlocutors made key political developments possible.

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耳听为虚：1967-1971 年印度政客如何了解选民想要什么

摘要 政治家如何了解选民想要什么？本文探讨了印度政客如何利用不同类型的对话者来形成选民希望支持政策和战略发展的连贯观点。然后，它使用创新的档案数据来展示如何接触不同类型的对话者使关键的政治发展成为可能。